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Get more bang for your IT buck with Microsoft certified staff

Each new certification increases performance The following chart shows how a higher density of Microsoft
Microsoft recently sponsored an IDC study of professional
® Certified professionals impacts specific performance categories.
certification in large organizations1 which found that the best
way to improve performance is to increase the skill levels of key 20% or less Microsoft certified personnel 80% or more Microsoft certified personnel
teams through Microsoft certification:
7.5
Agility 8.5
• Add Organizational Value. Client satisfaction is higher for 7.3
Response time 8.5
those teams with high concentrations of Microsoft-certified
7.2
team members. IT efficiency 8.4

7.1
• Increase Network Security. PC and server compliance with Access to applications 8.4

security standards is higher in organizations where team System/Information security 7.0

8.4
members are Microsoft certified.
6.6
Client access to applications 8.2
• Reduce downtime. Server and client applications are more
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
frequently deployed on time and on budget with less
unscheduled downtime when teams are Microsoft certified.
Notes: 1=far worse than industry average and 10=far better; Movement of .5 or more is
significant at this sample size; Source: IDC’s IT Manager Survey, 2006

Key findings of the IDC study

This research found that for each new team member certified,
team performance increases. Every time.
”…for each additional member of a team certified, team
performance increases. Whether the increase is from
37 percent to 38 percent of the team being certified or
from 60 percent to 61 percent of the team, the team
performance increases overall.”
It’s time to get your team certified!
Microsoft new generation certifications now provide shorter,
more cost-effective certification paths, targeted to specific job
roles or technologies, so your team can acquire the credentials
they need more quickly. And with time-effective training methods
like Microsoft E-Learning and Microsoft Official Distance
Learning (MODL), your organization won’t have to wait long
to start seeing results.

Check out the Microsoft Learning Special Offers

page to learn about the latest opportunities for certifi-
cation savings. Visit www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/
offers/insurance for more information.

Improve your productivity now. Download the complete IDC study to find out more about the productivity benefits of
Microsoft certification. Go to www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/benefits/whyhire.mspx.

1 The Value of Certification: Team Certification and Organizational Performance, IDC Document #204360, November, 2006

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